Sawing-machine



(No Model.)

H COLE SAWING MACHINE.

No. 459,959. Patented Sept. 22, 1891.

NITED STATES HENRY COLE, OF CEDAR HILL, OHIO.

SAWING-MACHINE.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,959, datedSeptember 22, 1891.

Application filed February 13, 1891. Serial No. 381,302. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY COLE, of Cedar Hill, in the county ofFairfield and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sawing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make anduse it, reference be- 10 ing had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in sawing-machines; and itconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts, which will I 5 befully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a hand sawing-machine, by meansof which logs or sticks of wood can be rapidly sawed into pieces withbut very little effort upon the part of the operator.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of asawing-machine which embodies myinvention. Fig. 2 I is a plan view of the same.

-A represents a bar of wood of suitable length, which is provided withthe legs B, which rest directly upon the ground or floor. This bar is ofany desired length and has extending from the center of its top an arm 0of any desired length,and from the front end of which extends a sharpspike, nail, or other device, which is forced into the wood sufficientlyto hold the frame-work and the stick of wood perfectly rigid while thesaw is being operated. In the top of the bar A are made two grooves orcuts F, which are placed on opposite sides of arm 0. Secured rigidly tothe top of bar A is the rod or guide G, which has its ends turned atright angles and forced into the bar, and which serves as a guide uponwhich the rod H is pivoted and moves.

- The rod H, which is made slightly longer than the bar or rod 0, ispivoted upon the guides G, so that it can be freely raised and loweredat its outer free end and can be moved 5 back and forth upon the guideG, so that the saw can be operated on either side of arm 0,

as convenience Inayrequire. Pivoted upon the guide G, in between theslotted end of the rod H, is a dog or catch I of any suitabledescription, and which moves back andforth over the the guide G with therod H, and which dog or catch engages with the notches,cuts, or groovesF in the bar A, so as to hold the rod H and its inner end, is a bearingor support J, upon the lever L is pivoted. The distance that thisbearing shall extend down below the lower edge of the rod H depends uponthe length of stroke it is desired to impart to the pitmau N, which ispivoted at its rear end to the lever L. In order to hold the lever L inan upright position and to prevent it from having any lateral play, aguide 0 is secured to the rod H, and which allows the lever a freebackand-forth movement, but prevents it from having any other. Thepitman N is provided with teeth on the under side of its outer end, andthese teeth mesh with the pinion P, that is journaled in or upon the rodH. The pinion is secured to one end of theshaft which extends throughthe rod H, and to the other end of the rod, in any suitable manner, issecured a saw Q,which forms a little more than a half-circle. When thelever L is reciprocated, the pitman N causes the pinion P to revolvefirst in one direction and then in the other and thus to operate thesawQ. In order to hold the teeth of the pitman N in contact with thepinion P, a guide R is socured to the outer end of the rod H, and inthis guide is pivoted a roller S, which bears directly upon the top ofthe pitman N.

A machine constructed as here shown and described is very cheap andsimple, easily 0perated, and enables a large quantity of wood to besawed in averyshort time and with but very little effort upon the partof the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a sawing-machine, asupporting framework, a guide placed thereon, a sliding and pivoted rodconnected to the guide, an oscillating saw journaled in the outer end ofthe rod, an operating-lever connected therewith, and a dog which engageswith the frame-Work and holds the rod H in position,the parts beingcombined and arranged to operate substantially as shown.

2. In a sawing-machine, a horizontal bar, a longitudinal guide-rodsupported thereby, a

In testimony whereof I affix mysignatnre in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY COLE.

\Vitnesses:

JERRY FETTERS, FRANK E. SHUE.

